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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Barnet 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]

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Table: STATISTICS

STATISTICS

Area (in acres)22,124
Population — Registrar-General's estimate Mid 1967315,210
Number of Inhabited Dwellines. 1st Ami. 1967:—
Houses and flats98,922
Other properties with living accommodation772
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1967£22,352,338
Product of penny rate 1967/8£86,800
LIVE BIRTHS
MALESFEMALESTOTAL
Legitimate2,1122,0894,201
Illegitimate195168363
2,3072,2574,564
Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births:—
Barnet8.0
Greater London11.4
Inner London15.3
Outer London8.7
RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION
Garnet14 5
Area Comparability Factor0.99
Corrected rate — Barnet14.3
Greater London15.8
Inner London16.5
Outer London15.4
England and Wales (Provisional)17.2